[ic] IC and search engines

[Jim Balcom]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Ryan Hertz wrote:

RH>>> > There are all sorts of ways.  Most of them will depend on your web server,
RH>>> > not on IC.  Search the mailing list archives for rewrite.
RH>>>
RH>>>One way that works real well is to link Google into your individual
RH>>>product pages. Experience has shown that if the product description is
RH>>>in the <title>, it gets ranked higher when that is the search term.
RH>>>
RH>>>(NOTE: Google's link-based algorithms sometimes make all this moot.
RH>>>This method really worked well back in the days of Altavista; sometimes
RH>>>my clients would be a consistent 1-3 at Altavista when searching for
RH>>>a particular product.)
RH>>>
RH>>>Make a page that does a single line link to each product:
RH>>>
RH>>>i.e.
RH>>>
RH>>>         [loop search="
RH>>>                 fi=products
RH>>>                 st=db
RH>>>                 ra=yes
RH>>>                 ml=10000
RH>>>                 "]
RH>>>         <A HREF="http://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__/[loop-code].html">
RH>>>                 [loop-field description]
RH>>>         </A><br>
RH>>>         [/loop]
RH>>
RH>>I would have to definitely agree with this method -- it's called a sitemap
RH>>-- and regardless of running Interchange, it is probably the best way to
RH>>get your site indexed.  Some customers find it useful, too.

What do we call it and where do we put it so that google will find it?

-= Jim =-

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